3.0.0 2156 2022-12-31T05:26:45Z 2022-12-31T05:26:45Z Senate S 2021-06-22 117 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-06-22T15:18:18Z 2021-06-22 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2021-06-22 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001095 Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] Tom Cotton R AR N Crime and Law Enforcement Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2021-06-22 Introduced in Senate 2022-03-16T13:14:20Z Equal Enforcement of Cocaine Laws Act

This bill eliminates the federal sentencing disparity between drug offenses involving crack cocaine and powder cocaine.

Currently, different threshold quantities of crack cocaine and powder cocaine (e.g., 28 grams of crack cocaine and 500 grams of powder cocaine) trigger the same statutory criminal penalties.

Under the bill, the same threshold quantity of crack cocaine and powder cocaine (e.g., 28 grams) triggers the same statutory criminal penalties.

The change applies to future cases and cases pending on the date of enactment. However, the change does not apply retroactively.

]]> Equal Enforcement of Cocaine Laws Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to eliminate the disparity in sentencing for cocaine offenses, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Equal Enforcement of Cocaine Laws Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Equal Enforcement of Cocaine Laws Act Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s2156is/xml/BILLS-117s2156is.xml 2021-06-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.